Coaling device.



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GOALING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 191

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COALING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY o, 191;:

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OTTO BAUERLE, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led July 9, 1913.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 778,141.

To ZU lwho/1n, 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, O'rro Bannnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State ot' California, have invented new and useful lun'novcments in Coaling Devices, el which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a coaling device to provide for the automatic transference of coal :from one steamer to another, the operation beingl automatic from the picleup oit the material iu the bins of the one vessel and the disehzxrge el said material into the bins of the other vessel.

The main object ot' the present invention is thc provision of a coalingl device for steamers involving; a charging device and a delivery device, the former cope'atinpt with the bins on the vessel from which coal is to`be taken, and automatically picking up said material and delivering it to the dclivery device, said delivery device beiner arranged to receive said material and automatically deliver it into the bins ol the receiving vessel.

The invention. in its preferred form of details will be described in the following speeitient-ion.. reference being.r had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan illustrating the detail construction oli the complete coaling inachine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. ,il 'is a transverse section on line 3-3 oit' Fig. Q. Fie'. 4. is a transverse section on line eli-1l of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged end elevation of the charging buckets. Fig'. 6 is a longitudinal central section ol' the same. Fig. 7 is an enlarged end elevation ot one of the delivery buckets. ln carrying out the present improvement 'l' provide a deck or other support l on which the coal to be delivered to the steamer is stored with what .l term a charging apparatus and a delivery apparatus, the 'former designated generally by 2 being designed to take up the coal from the bins or pile and deliver it to the latter, designated by 3, the delivery apparatus `in turn transporting;` the coal. 4l'rom the comparatively remote 'point' and deliverinn' it to the bins ot the steamer to be coaled. l`he charging' apparatus comprises an upright or standard fl mounted upon the turn table preferably fornual of or provided with an annular gear rack (i designed lo be engaged by suitably operated and controlled pinions 7 whereby the standar'l may be turned as desired. Pivotally mounted upon the upper end ot' the stan dard 4t is what ,T term a boom 8 including a lower section inclined downwardly from its.piv otal point on the standard and then projected to provide a section 9 which when thecharging apparatus is in operative position will extend in parallelism with the coal storage Hoor or surface. The boom includes an upper section l0 which extends in ,a straight line between the terminals of the lower section. The boom comprises a suitable framework on which is supported the parallel tracks` 1l, the tracks being preferably supported from the sides so that their upper and lower surfaces are free to support the conveyers. The tracks follow the contour of the respective sections of the boom and are endless, constitutingan end less` trackway throughout the length of the boom. At appropriate points in the boom are arranged guide rollers 12, these rollers being,- preferably positioned intermediate the respective tracks, and an endless cable 13 is designed for travel over these rollers. The boom is connected to the standard 4 so that the adjacent end thereof, which constitutesl the discharge end, extends beyond thels'tandard in one direction, and supported within the boom at its point ot connection with the standard is a motor 141v designed to impart continuous motion to the cable 13. Secured adjacent the standard t is an upright 15, and over an elevated pulley 1G on the same is arranged a cable 17, one terminal of which is connected to the boom 8 and the opposite terminal to the drum 18 arranged adjacent the bottom ol the upright l5 und operative by any suitable power to actuate the cable 17 and thereby control the position ol' the boom S with respect to its elevation, thc po` sition of said hoorn with respect. to its rotation beiug controlled through the gear teeth (3 and pinion i. as previously described.

series ol charpmg buckets are adapted tor coiiperation with the boom S. These buckets comprise metallic scoop bodies .ifi elosed at their rear ends and open at their il'cru'aril eiuls. said 'forward ends beingl shaped to lirez-ent a shovel edge Qt). The luielnfts are mounted upon what maj.' be termed upper and lower trucks. the l'ornier comprising wheels 2l arranged in pairs en each ride oit the bucket and adapted ior travel upon relatively outer surface it Hw upper wheels, to permit a proper gripping of the opposingsurface of the track, while providing for the nec\essary relative yielding in turning curves. The bucket is provided with depending rigid frame 25 designed to be connected by any suitable manually controlled gripping element and a cable 13, so that in the operation of the cable the buckets travel throughout the length of the boom 8, as will be plain from Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

The delivery apparatus 3 comprises a boom 26, which includes an upright portion and a delivery portion 27 at approximately right angles thereto. The Aboom 26 is mounted,v upon a standard 28 arranged for rotation through a gear rack 29-and suitably driven pinions 30, this boom also comprising a suitable framework supporting spaced tracks 31 and an endless cable 32 driven by a motor supported on the boom and traveling over pulleys 34 arranged bctween and beyond the plane of the tracks. A series .of buckets 35 is arranged for cooperation with the boom 26, comprising metallic bodies closedexcept at the top and forward ends, the latter being formed to' provide spout like sections 36. The buckets 35 are supported upon the track 31 by upper and lower truck wheels 37, 38, engaging the opposite surfaces of the tracks, the lower truck wheels having spring connections 35) with upper trucks so as to maintain a sulicient pressure contact with the surfaces ofA the tracks to properly guide the buckets. The buckets are provided with a frame 40 depending below the trucks and provided with any suitable form of Creeper to engage the cable The cable 41 is connected to the boom 2t) which passes from the pulley L12.- on the upright 15 and to a suitably driven manually controlled drum 15E arranged at the lower end of the upright so that the boom may be elevated -to any desired point. Mounted upon the upright l5 is a chute 4:1, having its receiving end arranged to receive the material discharged from the charging buckets 19, and its delivery end arranged to 'by gravity.

discharge such material into the delivery buckets 35. 'lhe feed through the chute is A; swinging funnel 15 is carried by the free end of the boom 20, into which `funnel the coal is delivered from the buckets 35, the funnel insuring delivery to the coal from the proper point on the receiving vessel.

ln operation, the boom 8 is turned until above the coal pile from which the material is to be taken, and is then lowered until resting directly upon the coal. The cable 13 being operated the buckets 19 are caused to travel about the track, said buckets ridingr through the coal pile, and shovelin'g up their load during such travel. The buckets 19 discharge into the chute fili, and the latter place such material into-the buckets 35, the latter in their travel over the boom 26, delivering the material into the funnel 45. The boom 2G- is positioned by the rack or pinion 2S) and 30 and bythe cable 4:1 to properly position the funnel, and hence the delivery of the coal to the proper point is insured.

The device is of simple construction and is of equal facility fordelivery of coal from one vessel to another at sea, as for delivery of coal from a eoaling wharf to a vessel, it being understood that the various parts are to be of such proportion and material as will best adapt them for the particular work required,

lVhat `is claimed is Tn a eoaling device, an upright, a staudard rotatably supportedl adjaeentthe upright, a charging device pivotally supported on vthe standard, means carried by the upright and connected to the charging device to adjust the latter onthe standard, a second Y standard rotatably mounted adjacent the upright.r a delivery device pivotally n1onnted on said second standard. means connecting said delivery device to the upright for adjusting the delivery devicel on its' standard, and n'leans for transferring materialy from the chargingdcvice to the delivery device7 said means being supported wholly by the np right and cooperating with the charging device inthe full adjustmentof said charging device.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

orto BAUERLE.

lVitnesses "WILLIAM E. KLniNsoRGE, TViivlrnnn MERRILL. 

